Update: Concerns about Hernandez's elbow might have affected his contract talks with the Mariners, ESPN's Buster Olney reports.
Recommendation: A USA Today report Thursday claimed Hernandez was in agreement with the Mariners on a huge seven-year, $175 million deal, but both sides denied coming to terms on an extension. This news of elbow concerns is troubling, but little information is currently available, and there's been nothing to suggest the right-hander is in danger of missing the start of the year.
